Gosau KS 14_4 (Paleocene of Austria)

Where: Upper Austria, Austria (47.5° N, 13.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 32.8° N, 22.1° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kambuhel Limestone Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: F. Schlagintweit, L. Svabenicka, and H. Lobitzer. 2003. An occurrence of Paleocene reefal limestone in the Zwieselalm Formation of Gosau (Upper Austria). Beitrage zur Geologie des Salzkammerguts 173-180 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 216230: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 09.12.2020

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Taxonomic list

Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalinoides sp. Brotzen 1942
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Pellatispiridae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Florideophyceae
 Peyssonneliales - Rhodymeniophycidae
Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
  - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae